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Latest News |
| Thailand should allow mediators in the deep South ( English ) |
The Nation February 23, 2012 1:00 am
If the southern insurgency is ever to end, the Thai government must accept the help of outsiders who also want to see peace in the region
News that Thailand and Malaysia are willing to work together to bring permanent peace to Thailand's southernmost provinces, which are plagued by an ongoing insurgency that has no end in sight, is welcome indeed.
How the two countries are going to achieve this goal is anybody's guess, but let's hope the two leaders, Yingluck Shinawatra and her Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, weren't just going through the motions when they said what they believe the public wants to hear.
According to sources in the government, there are some encouraging signs and an understanding that the two countries are seriously looking for ways to cooperate on this matter. |
| Thai govt and rebels to resume talks Encouraging signs this time raise hopes of peace in restive south ( English ) |
Published on Feb 15, 2012 Thai security personnel inspecting the site of a bomb blast in restive Pattani province last Thursday. A retired teacher was killed and several villagers wounded. -- PHOTO: REUTERS By Nirmal Ghosh, Thailand Correspondent |
| Confusion reigns on 'peace processes' in the deep South ( English ) |
Insurgents behind the violence in the South have used their attacks to gain attention from international organisations in a bid to draw them into the problem, Army Commander in Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha recently proclaimed to the media. |
| Life term upheld for Pulo boss ,Two subordinates also given life behind bars ( English ) |
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Published: 3/12/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
The Supreme Court has upheld a life sentence handed down by the lower courts against Haji Da-oh Thanam, former field commander of the separatist Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), and his subordinates. |
| Pulo calls on Thai authorities to stop making false allegations ( English ) |
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The Nation September 29, 2011 5:03 am
One of the long standing Malay Muslim separatist organisation, the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) lashed out at the government of Yingluck Shinawatra, accusing it of distorting the issue in the violence-plague deep South with the accusations that drug trades have become a part of the "liberation" movement. |
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